Realm · 426–469

Hunnic Empire

Hunnic Empire appears on the map from 426 to 469. At its greatest recorded extent, in 451, it covered about 1.91 million km².

The Huns were nomadic horse-archers from the Eurasian steppe whose arrival north of the Black Sea around 370 drove the Goths and other peoples into the Roman Empire, setting off the great migrations. By the early 5th century they had settled on the Hungarian plain and built a loose empire over many subject peoples, including Germanic tribes, held together by plunder and Roman tribute payments. Under the brothers Bleda and Attila, and then Attila alone, the Huns ravaged the Balkans, extracted huge sums of gold from Constantinople, and invaded Gaul in 451 and Italy in 452. More about Hunnic Empire.

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On the map

426–469

Greatest extent

451, about 1.91 million km²

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Wikipedia: Huns · Wikidata Q45813